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    Question about winter driving

    Ooohooo! You guys have NO idea how much help you have been. I have been agonizing over this issue since I started. I'm not stupid enough to go full bore into a snow storm but I do want to try to be a good expediter. It helps SO much to hear that even you experienced "transportation emergency...
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    Question about winter driving

    That's what I wanted to hear! Thanks for help! Feel better now.
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    My Truck is My Man Cave

    Will you marry me?
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    Question about winter driving

    Hi everyone! I made the plunge. Leased on with On-Dekk Transportation and LOVE the job. On-Dekk is a great company to work for. Everyone is helpful, honest, and you don't have to keep looking for a knife in the back. I guess I lucked out first time. My question is the times between pickups and...
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    Any Use Of "Black"...Is Racist

    I always wondered why that was. It seems every ethinic faction can be proud of their heritage except WASPs. (White Anglo-Saxon Protestants). It is as though we have something to be ashamed of. I SAY BALONEY to that. If all races are going to be equal, then let Whites have a United White College...
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    Business is business

    SO FUNNY! Do you know how to put a Jew in a real dilema? Offer him FREE ham!
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    How do most companies figure mileage?

    Thanks for info. I wondered why dispatch always gave me the zip code when giving me the address. Hey, my light bulb is getting brighter every day. Jumbuck
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    How do most companies figure mileage?

    I was wondering how when you get a run from point A to point B is there a formula the company uses to figure mileage. I have discovered that what they pay and the miles actually ran don't seem to be the same. Help: Anyone? Anyone? Thanks:confused:
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    What Kind of Oil?

    Hi: Could someone please tell me what kind of oil and how much a dodge sprinter 2500 diesel will take? Also, do the quickie oil change places change oil in them? Any help will be appreciated. Jumbuck:confused:
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    When does being a Newbie cease ?

    After 'ya get your FIRST paycheck!;)
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    Driver dies in truck-bus crash on NY Thruway

    I have NEVER in my life seen more dangerous drivers than Tour Bus Drivers and Grey-Hound drivers. They STAY in the Left lane always and do almost 80 MPH. It doesn't matter to them if its dry pavement or solid ice. I sometimes wonder if it's because they are superior drivers or just STUPID! I...
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    Driver dies in truck-bus crash on NY Thruway

    Hi: I live in Flint, Mi and I am reading the "Flint Journal" about the deadly crash. The driver was from Dryden, Mi. and he was a "model employee." He was driving on Interstate 90 when he collided with a tour bus that was merging onto the highway. More than 30 aboard the bus that was going from...
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    How do expediting companies find their loads

    Thanks for the information. As I said, I'm NEW here.
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    How do expediting companies find their loads

    I was very curious as to how an expediting company finds their loads for there drivers. I know they have load boards but I was wondering how do they get access to these boards and why can't anyone look at these boards? How do these load boards work and how do they know how much to bid? Any...
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    How do dispatch boards work?

    Could someone explain to me how expediting dispatch boards work. I hear "first in first out, etc" but I don't know what all that means. If someone could explain to me as if I were a 2 year old, I sure would appreciate the help. Jumbuck:confused:
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    Another Newbie Question on Authority

    Could someone please answer this question for me? If I have a sprint van hired on at one company am I running under their authority? And if I am, can I still work for the first company but call any other expediter companies and run for them too, or how does that work? If I am sitting somewhere...
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    Why are expediting companies always hiring?

    Thank you Sir: You just gave me a new insight as to how the expediting business works. Doesn't mean I'm quitting, though.... (Yet):D
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    Why are expediting companies always hiring?

    So...would you say that just because a company advertises for owner/operators doesn't necessarily mean they have a surplus of work? And...if that's IS the case would you say that Newbies like me should take a lesson from that?:eek:
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    Why are expediting companies always hiring?

    Something ocurred to me today...Why is it that so many expediting companies ALWAYS seem to be hiring? From my measly experience, it seems because it advantageous to THEM to have a whole fleetload of trucks at their disposal so it doesn't matter if they leave a bunch of trucks sitting all over...
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    Which software for business? Help!

    Hello everyone! I was wondering which software to use for keeping up with business expenses, income, outgo, and so on? I plan to use my laptop, but don't know which program to use for business. Any help will be greatly appreciated.:)
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